| 19-7469 |
Olga Palamarchuk v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-29 |
Denied |
IFP |
escobar evidence evidence-admissibility lender-conduct mail-fraud materiality materiality-standard ninth-circuit ninth-circuit-interpretation recipient-behavior supreme-court-precedent |
Whether the standard for materiality in a mail fraud case is determined by the likely behavior of the recipient of the alleged misrepresentations |
| 19-7368 |
Nadia Kuzmenko v. United States |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-01-22 |
Denied |
IFP |
circuit-split escobar gaudin lindsey mail-fraud materiality objective-standard subjective-standard united-states-ex-rel-escobar-v-universal-health-se united-states-v-gaudin united-states-v-lindsey wire-fraud |
Whether materiality in mail and wire fraud cases is based on the subjective standard in Gaudin and Escobar or the objective standard in Lindsey |
| 18-1124 |
Stephens Institute, dba Academy of Art University v. United States, ex rel. Scott Rose, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2019-02-28 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
department-of-education escobar escobar-standard false-claims-act false-claims-act-fca federal-financial-aid financial-aid incentive-compensation-ban incentive-compensation-ban-icb materiality materiality-standard universal-health-services-v-escobar |
Alleged failure to disclose noncompliance with the incentive compensation ban (ICB) was material to the Department of Education's decision to make fed… |